Hitachi ZX350LCN-6s Excavators deliver reliability to Italian quarry

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Basalto La Spicca SpA has replaced two of its Hitachi Excavator Z-axis-3 with two new Zaxis-6 models due to increasing demand at its basalt quarry in southern Umbria, Italy. The new ZX350LCN-6s were delivered with five-year/10,000-hour HELP extended warranty and service contracts by the country’s official Hitachi dealer SCAI. In addition to two other Hitachi excavators, a ZX520LCH-3 and a contractor’s ZX470LCH-3, and two ZW250-5 wheel loaders, the new Zaxis-6 machines are already making a positive impact in the quarry near Orvieto. They are equipped with double grouser shoes to enhance their stability on the quarry floor and 1.8m³ rock buckets, and one has a quick coupler as it uses a hammer attachment. Half of the quarry’s materials are currently used to produce stone to be laid around rail tracks and the other half for aggregates used in the production of asphalt. A significant proportion of asphalt is now made from basalt as it helps to drain rainwater from the road’s surface.